NOTE
I am indebted to the courtesy of the editors of the Daily News, Pall Mall Gazette, Liverpool Daily Post, and Sussex Daily News, for permission to reprint in this book the substance of articles that first appeared in their columns.
My obligation to Jack London, in regard to the choice of a title, will be apparent.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I. | THE CALL OF THE WILDFLOWER | [9] |
| II. | ON SUSSEX SHINGLES | [21] |
| III. | BY DITCH AND DIKE | [29] |
| IV. | LIKENESSES THAT BAFFLE | [37] |
| V. | BOTANESQUE | [43] |
| VI. | THE OPEN DOWNLAND | [50] |
| VII. | PRISONERS OF THE PARTERRE | [58] |
| VIII. | PICKING AND STEALING | [63] |
| IX. | ROUND A SURREY CHALK-PIT | [68] |
| X. | A SANDY COMMON | [77] |
| XI. | QUAINTNESS IN FLOWERS | [85] |
| XII. | HERTFORDSHIRE CORNFIELDS | [90] |
| XIII. | THE SOWER OF TARES | [97] |
| XIV. | DALES OF DERBYSHIRE | [103] |
| XV. | NO THOROUGHFARE! | [113] |
| XVI. | LIMESTONE COASTS AND CLIFFS | [121] |
| XVII. | ON PILGRIMAGE TO INGLEBOROUGH | [128] |
| XVIII. | A BOTANOPHILIST'S JOURNAL | [133] |
| XIX. | FELONS AND OUTLAWS | [139] |
| XX. | SOME MARSH-DWELLERS | [144] |
| XXI. | A NORTHERN MOOR | [151] |
| XXII. | APRIL IN SNOWDONIA | [158] |
| XXIII. | FLOWER-GAZING IN EXCELSIS | [164] |
| XXIV. | COVES OF HELVELLYN | [171] |
| XXV. | GREAT DAYS | [178] |
| XXVI. | THE LAST ROSE | [185] |
| INDEX | [191] |